Help! Help! I'm Trapped in an X Factory!: Difference between revisions

The earliest joking use that has been found for "I'm being held prisoner at [a Chinese food preparation place]" is from 1955 [http://www.barrypopik.com/index.php/new_york_city/entry/fortune_cookie_or_fortune_cake_help_im_prisoner_in_a_chinese_bakery/ (listed here)].

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* The episode titles the first part of ''[[Robot Chicken]]'''s fourth season form the message "Help me. I'm trapped in a DVD factory. They took my thumbs. Two weeks without food. Tell my mom I love her, but not in that way. Love, Maurice PS: Yes, in [[Parental Incest|that way]]." In a twist to this trope, the second half's episodes titles make up the factory's response: "Dear Consumer, we are a humble factory. Maurice was caught unionizing our labor. [[Red China|President Hu]] forbids it! Due to constraints of time and budget, the ramblings of Maurice cannot be erased, so sorry. Please do not notify our contractors. Especially [[Biting the Hand Humor|the animal]] [[Adult Swim|Keith Crofford]]!"

* There was a ''Madeline'' animated movie where Madeline ended up in a sweatshop making lace, and she and the other girls attempted to knot lace patterns that spelled out a message for help.

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[[Category:Comedy Tropes]]

[[Category:Older Than Radio]]